PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Maria Panchovska
TI  - Questions From Patients and Doctors on Negative Minor Salivary Gland Biopsy in Sjögren Syndrome
AID  - 10.3899/jrheum.200579
DP  - 2020 Sep 15
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - jrheum.200579
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2020/09/10/jrheum.200579.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2020/09/10/jrheum.200579.full
AB  - I read with interest the editorial in The Journal of Rheumatology entitled, “With Minor Salivary Gland Biopsy in Sjögren Syndrome, Is a Negative Result Possible?” by Drs. Monsalve and Anaya1. It is a comment on the article by Sharma, et al2, arguing that in the case of a negative biopsy of minor salivary glands (MSG), the presence of positive anti-Ro autoantibodies is sufficient for the diagnosis of Sjögren syndrome (SS).